St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-01-01
Wr;tt-n !~r ths FARass. |
THIS PAPER.
By MRS. L. CRAZY sADLER.

reader mine. 40 l refer TO by the
above title. tho il it were not 70,
that paper this paper wonld moi
have a mouthpiece. As it is, thi.
paper speaks through, the other pa.
per.
This paper" is the paper where.
on this scribe is spreading tins ink,
and it came from tree. This tree
WAS known bv the fruit it bore. In
fact. it was wonderful tree, rs il
bore SO many different kinds Of
fruit in one night. and this pnpe,
VAS one Of them, aud the most hon.
ored Of all, since it is to be seut on
= mission. and its mission is to tell
the world what it saw on that tree
As it hing on one Of the topmos,
branches it had a fine point oil
view. 1t seemed 10 enjoy the beau.
tiful scene below and around it. All
was light and bright. Glitterins
objects danced around. and a brigh,
star shone above it. Then two
gentlemen came and began tu
gather the fruits of the tree. "Bu:
0. let me tell it," says the paper.
Well. 60 on then.
"Just as saw the gentlemen. ]
said to myself, what will they do?
but before / could come TO any
conclusion they began to cut off the
fruit and call out names. and then
the children al began to come up,
and it was tramp. tramp. They
gave some Of the fruit to an aged
grandfather. and his ch lllen and
grandchildren aud great, grnndchil-
dren were there, aid all went
merry rs u marriage bell Every
body seemed happy. and thought
it was lovely scene. But one. in
a while jus, q1aked and trembled
with fear, for they seemed to re-
gard me with MI evil eye. and once
| thought / was in for it. bat lii.
gentlemen cut off some kind of fruit
and then let GO, aud I went up
with a bound SO high that / almost
touched a star, and did feel 81
grand then to think was 80 highly
favored Adore my fellow fruits. !
law the Old gray-headed gentleman
aIgh us if he was rs happy ms =
king. every time some one came mp
after some fruit ] heard his little
grandchlld gigsle. and his great
srundchild crow. and everybo,i,
talked and laughed, aud l though,
it was q happy world I had got
into at last. ! had Lad some pretty
rough tumbles in my day. for l had
been thrown cut of u window into a
dirty ditch. then Eshed ont OF that
and soused into tnb Of water, then
boiled AMI hung up in the hot sun,
aud jammed into mass with 9TH
ers like myself. put into ship and
sent across big pond. where was
too sick to care what became of me.
Then l was ground into pulp
spread ont and dried, rolled and
ruled. packed mp again in solid
blocks AMI sent on my travels. At
last l hailed up ut n little town, aud
was carried to the funniest little
house ever saw. There l lay and
rested in box on legs. I felt SO
nice ond quiet. But ole day such
n swee. looking lady came in, and
she picked me up aud said. I'm 60
ing 10 take you aud put you in such
a beautiful place. where there will
be SO many pretty things to look
ut; and altho' you are not ns pre,t,
as some Of them will be. you can
speak to the Judy that comes to
t"ke you from the pretty place
where l will put you. and tell her
that l sent You with my love- So
l WAS rolled up aud had a string
tied around me. aud then a pretty
girl tied me mp on that wonderful
tree. where the lights were dancing,
and ever, thing was Ed bright. /
was 50 pleased l was beginning to
feel ut home. but just then l felt a
jerk aud II clip. and down l came
from that bright perch on the tree.
l was handed To a lady, and she
laughed ~ II che was very glad To
see me. and took me home with her
and said she would make me speak
and tell my own story, and the story
of the wonderful tree that bore So
many fruits. II WAS the Christmas
tr-. ut Peari River Junction. aud it
made SD many hearts beat for Joy
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